Oct 8, 2007 in alcohol, hospital
Tags: risky drinking, teenage binge drinking
The Telegraph:
One in seven people taken to hospital for drinking too much in the past year was under 14 years old, according to new figures.
A total of 2,239 under-14s were given treatment in A&E suffering from the effects of alcohol over the past 12 months, a study found – one in seven of the total under 59 admitted.
The revelations about the scale of underage drinking led to renewed calls for a clampdown on alcohol advertising seemingly targeted at children.
The last time The Telegraph looked at this issue (February 2007) they found there were 7,596 admissions involving 16- to 19-year-olds. The Guardian in June this year were reporting “that last year 5,280 children younger than 16 were admitted because of their drinking – of whom 59% were girls”. Previously (November 2006) the BBC had said they had found out there were “20 cases a day of under-18s diagnosed with conditions like alcohol poisoning.”

Source: Daily Dose 13th Oct.2007